The Public Record · Docket FS-2025-0001

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Every public comment on the proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule, sorted by what it talks about. Pick a topic, then narrow by position, by how hard the comment is for the agency to set aside, or by how substantive it is. Each comment is shown in full, as filed. How comments are classified and scored is explained in the Comment Analysis.

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Opposes rescission 100.0%

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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 22, 2026FS-2025-0001-470552
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. These forests were God given gifts to NC, such wonder and beauty! Why would anyone give it away? Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 21, 2026FS-2025-0001-455837
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I value Western NC and have so many memories of the back country. We have been through enough, Please let us heal and recover, don’t put us through more unnecessary damage.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 3, 2026FS-2025-0001-307126
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. These are places we all need to work together to conserve. We cannot allow our shifting baseline to result in the loss of the natural areas we need.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Sep 1, 2026FS-2025-0001-295075
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I am a rural resident of Appalachia and I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please choose the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies in our beloved mountains.. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule and do the right thing for our mountain communities. Thank you.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 31, 2026FS-2025-0001-287189
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oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I grew up around forests and walking in them always brings me inner peace. The Middlesex Fells Reservior by my house kept me sane during covid lockdown.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 31, 2026FS-2025-0001-287742
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Maintaining America’s wilderness is deeply personal to me as someone who loves to spend time outdoors and respects our relationship with the environment. Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together. Docket: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 29, 2026FS-2025-0001-286170
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 84 submissions in its group.
I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. When I hiked the entire length of the Continental Divide Trail in 2022, I was fortunate to be able to experience the wild public lands protected by the roadless rule. After having such a profound experience, which was essentially free and earned by my own hard work, all I want is for future generations to be able to say the same thing, without sacrificing any more wild public lands to development or extraction. Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together. Docket: FS-2025-0001 / RIN 0596-AD66
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 28, 2026FS-2025-0001-283323
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Please do not rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Instead select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. This is of paramount importantance for protecting the natural resources of this country. Please retain this rule
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 6/24Aug 27, 2026FS-2025-0001-275628
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I am an avid hiker & oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. I have frequented the forests up in New Hampshire during the leaf peeping season and value its protection. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-271655
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 84 submissions in its group.
I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. The backwoods of the western states and the Rocky Mountains are so special because they are hard to access, because their are so few people that go out there regularly, because there is little to no permanent human infrastructure. Taking that away will takevaway what makes the western wilderness special, and very well might destroy it outright.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-272014
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 84 submissions in its group.
I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I live in a state with very few state parks and nature preserves, and we would be greatly remiss as a country to replace our natural environments with more steel and concrete. Please protect the land that we all love and call home.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-272297
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I strongly oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-272399
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. I really enjoy bird watching and it would devastating to see these beautiful creatures get threatened because of this. Wild public land is far easier to protect than to put back together.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-272414
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This will make young people more and more likely to move away and leave this country, forever. I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 26, 2026FS-2025-0001-272959
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. We have to protect the only planet we have. Protecting the forests is protecting freedom. This is what provides clean air, clean water and supports a healthy and modern living.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-268745
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Please retain the Roadless Rule! I love our millions of acres of protected wild lands in this country. It would be a great disservice and a shame to damage our environment which our forefathers were so proud to open to our public for recreation to further foster a love for our nation. I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 7/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-268777
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Personally, I benefit from traveling in roadless forests where my family, for generations, has spent time exploring and interacting with nature that has not had human intervention, which means a lot for the past and present of our family.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-268780
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-268825
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I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. Please retain the Roadless Rule. Living in Southern California, I appreciate and value the immense and variable forest and chaparral ecosystem we have. Please protect our land.
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Opposes rescissionA0 noneSubstance 5/24Aug 25, 2026FS-2025-0001-269159
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Campaign — One letter sent by 10 or more people, copied or lightly reworded. See the letter, its submissions and topics.One of 84 submissions in its group.
I oppose rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Please select the No Action alternative and retain the rule. Roadless national forests protect clean water, wildlife habitat, intact ecosystems, recreation and local economies. The existing rule already allows necessary public-safety, wildfire and restoration work. Removing it could increase road construction, habitat fragmentation, erosion and long-term maintenance costs. I have spent my entire life roaming national parks, forests, and other wild lands. They are one of the very, very few things left in this country Americans can be at all proud of and we're letting corporate interests and politicians whose policies are condemned by We The People ruin them. Please retain the Roadless Rule.
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